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BALZAC, Honoré de (1799-1850). Autograph letter signed ('de Balzac') to an unidentified correspondent ('Monsieur', probably Hippolyte Souverain), n.p., n.d. [1849], about a payment to Delahaye, written in brown ink, one page, 8vo, laid on card (slightly discoloured); and four autograph letters signed including: DUMAS, Alexandre, fils (1824-1895), to an unidentified correspondent ('Ma chère enfant'), Avenue de Villiers, n.d., 2½ pages, 8vo; FRANCE, Anatole (1844-1924), to 'Madame', 1½ pages, 8vo, laid on card; GIDE, André (1869-1951), to Monsieur Leferre, n.p., 10 July [1923], 2 pages, 8vo (traces of mount on verso of second leaf), and DAUMIER, Honoré (1808-1879), to Leroy, n.p., n.d. ('Mardi'), one page, 8vo, blank leaf.
Balzac wrote from Russia to Hippolyte Souverain on 18 December 1848 asking him to obtain various books advertised in a sale at the booksellers, Delahaye, and the present letter, asking what sum he owes for the Delahaye sale, very probably refers to this, continuing 'J'imagine qu'il n'y a aucun péril à payer puisque vous le faîtes'. In a postscript he mentions another letter to which he has not replied because he is awaiting the reply from St Germain. Dumas writes to an artist friend to enlist support for a young sculptor, 'un elève de l'Ecole des Beaux Arts qui a fait un petit buste d'enfant dont je lui place le plus d'épreuves possible', while Anatole France accepts an invitation with a compliment, 'Vous avez été tant de fois pour moi la poésie vivante', and Gide sends a polite apology for not having conveyed his thanks directly on receiving some manuscripts. Daumier declines an invitation with evident regret because his wife wishes to leave for the country. (5)
Balzac wrote from Russia to Hippolyte Souverain on 18 December 1848 asking him to obtain various books advertised in a sale at the booksellers, Delahaye, and the present letter, asking what sum he owes for the Delahaye sale, very probably refers to this, continuing 'J'imagine qu'il n'y a aucun péril à payer puisque vous le faîtes'. In a postscript he mentions another letter to which he has not replied because he is awaiting the reply from St Germain. Dumas writes to an artist friend to enlist support for a young sculptor, 'un elève de l'Ecole des Beaux Arts qui a fait un petit buste d'enfant dont je lui place le plus d'épreuves possible', while Anatole France accepts an invitation with a compliment, 'Vous avez été tant de fois pour moi la poésie vivante', and Gide sends a polite apology for not having conveyed his thanks directly on receiving some manuscripts. Daumier declines an invitation with evident regret because his wife wishes to leave for the country. (5)